Dems worry leaders in denial on Obamacare — Democratic leaders claim the bungled launch of Obamacare is just the latest news sensation — a media-stirred tempest that looks in the heat of the moment like it could upend the midterm election, but ends up fizzling well before voters head to the polls.

Republicans embrace Wag-the-Dog-ism — The Republican strategy of late can be summed up in a single word: Distraction. — When Senate Democrats moved last Thursday to invoke the nuclear option — a rules change that came after eight years of back and forth between the two parties over judicial …

Filibuster's end imperils Sebelius — Kathleen Sebelius may become the biggest loser in the Senate's approval of filibuster reform. — The Health and Human Services (HHS) secretary has kept her job despite the botched rollout of ObamaCare's insurance exchanges, but it will now be easier for Obama to replace her.

Obamacare's Threat to Liberalism — There's a term of art that the Obama White House uses to describe its neurotic supporters who instantly race to the worst-case scenario: They are known as “bed-wetters.” Two months into the dysfunctional life of healthcare.gov, however, that seems a perfectly appropriate physiological reaction.

Pressure builds on Boehner — If Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) put the Senate's immigration bill to a vote in the House, it wins. — The math is pretty simple. It will take 218 votes to pass it. All 200 Democrats are on board as well as three Republican co-sponsors.

Top Dems, Republicans blast Obama's nuke deal with Iran — Top lawmakers on both side of the aisle on Sunday voiced skepticism about the newly struck agreement with Iran, and vowed to keep up the pressure with sanctions. — Senior members in both chambers said that, at first glance …

Obama: 'I'm not a particularly ideological person' — President Barack Obama says he is not a “particularly ideological person,” but remains passionate about certain issues. — “I'm not a particularly ideological person,” Obama said Sunday during a fundraiser in Seattle.

California, Here We Come? — It goes without saying that the rollout of Obamacare was an epic disaster. But what kind of disaster was it? Was it a failure of management, messing up the initial implementation of a fundamentally sound policy? Or was it a demonstration that the Affordable Care Act is inherently unworkable?

Right vs. Left in the Midwest — MINNESOTA and Wisconsin share much more than bone-chilling winters: German and Northern European roots; farming; and, until recently, a populist progressive tradition stretching back a century to Wisconsin's Fighting Bob La Follette and the birth of Minnesota's Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party.

Angola Bans Islam, Destroys Mosques — LUANDA - According to several Angolan newspapers, Angola has become the first country in the world to ban Islam and Muslims, taking first measures by destroying mosques in the country. — “The process of legalization of Islam has not been approved …

SAPD officer accused of rape — A San Antonio police officer was arrested Saturday and accused of raping a 19-year-old woman on the South Side early the day before. At a news conference Saturday, police said the officer has been accused of sexual assault before.